Orin, While I have a John and Hannah in my line, the couple you mention are too late to have been mine. My John is known to have died before 1826. There are no Georges in any of the given names of my line, so I'm thinking this is not a good candidate, unless I am missing something (wouldn't be the first time for that!) Thank you very much for keeping things in the forefront. I know all us Wellses appreciate it more than you know. OrinWells wrote: > Jane, > > This may not be that much help. > > In the 1850 census there are ONLY 3 George Wells born in Rhode Island > cir 1843. Two of them can probably be removed because their mothers > could not be construed to be named or nicknamed Hattie without great effort. > > One of them was George C. (Clarke) Wells b: 22 Jan 1844 Ashaway, > Rhode Island son of Peter Clarke Wells and Eliza Stillman. He is > still shown with his parents and siblings in 1860 in Hopkinton. He > married Emma L. Brown according to one genealogy. > > The next is a George Wells b: Cir 1844 shown in Cranston, Providence > Co., Rhode Island in 1850 with parents John Wells and Rhoda > Wells. In 1860 the father is missing. George his siblings Thomas b: > Cir 1843, John 22, Hannah 7, Mary E and William 2 are living with > mother Rhoda. In 1850 the parents are shown born in England. In > 1860 Rhoda is shown born in Ireland. > > The most likely is George H. Wells living in Each Greenwich, Kent > Co., Rhode Island in 1850 with what appears to be his > grandparents?. John Wells 57 b: RI and Hannah Wells 65 b: > RI. Hannah is likely too old to have been his mother. There is a > sister Emmy also listed as 7. Apparently twins. John and Hannah are > still living in 1860 but Emma/Emmy is missing, possibly married. The > family is living next to the family of a Jacob Wait which might be a > clue to the Wells family they are connected to. > > This is assuming that 1843 was the actual birth year of > George. There were also a couple of more George Wells born in Rhode > island Cir 1846 and 1848. I haven't found them in later census records though. > > In 1880 George C. Wells is living in Meacham, Marion Co., IL with > wife Emma. Apparently he was there prior to 1870 as he is shown > there in the 1870 census. George H. Wells is living in West > Greenwich, Kent Co., RI. The just plain George is living with his 5 > siblings in Cranston but he seems to have gone missing in 1880. He > is listed as age 24 implying a birth year of 1846?. So which, if any > of these, is yours? > > > At 05:36 AM 10/12/2006, Jane Maciorowski wrote: > >> I have just had a small chink in my brick wall. Can you help me >> knock out a brick? My brick wall was George Wells b. 1843 in Rhode >> Island. Yesterday,I was at the archives and discovered his mother's >> name was Hattie. No father's name yet. No birth record yet. Does >> anyone have a Hattie Wells , mother of George? Any help or >> suggestions would be appreicated. Thanks >> >> --------------------------------- >> Do you Yahoo!? >> Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail. >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> WELLS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > Orin R. Wells > Wells Family Research Association > P. O. Box 5427 > Kent, Washington 98064-5427 > <OrinWells@wells.org> > http://www.wells.org > Subscribe to the "Wells-L" list on RootsWeb > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WELLS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >